The Cross and the Rising Sun, Volume 1 : the Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1872-1931.

The Cross and the Rising Sun, Volume 1 : the Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1872-1931.

Drawing on both Canadian and Japanese sources, this book investigates the life, work, and attitudes of Canadian Protestant missionaries in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (the three main constituent parts of the pre-1945 Japanese empire) from the arrival of the first Canadian missionary in East Asia in 187...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ion, A. Hamish
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Missions > Japan.
Missions > East Asia.
Missions, Canadian > Japan > History.
Missions, Canadian > East Asia > History.
Missions, British > Japan > History.
Missions, British > East Asia > History.
Protestant churches > Missions > Japan > History.
Protestant churches > Missions > East Asia > History.
Missions.
Missions, British.
Missions, Canadian.
Protestant churches > Missions.
Japan > Church history.
East Asia > Church history.
East Asia.
Japan.
Church history.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Preface; Illustrations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Home Base and Overseas Missions; CHAPTER TWO Early Days in Japan; CHAPTER THREE The Koishikawa Band; CHAPTER FOUR Contrasts in Japan and Taiwan; CHAPTER FIVE Christianization in Japan; CHAPTER SIX Missionary Life in the Japanese Empire; CHAPTER SEVEN Missionaries and Education; CHAPTER EIGHT Evangelism and Social Work; CHAPTER NINE Democracy and Imperialism; CHAPTER TEN Toward the Future; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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